Andorra la Vella, Andorra June 17-18, 2010 Politicies on Gender Issues – The Driving Force for Social and Economic Development Over 40 representatives of member parties from 20 countries took part in the SIW Council Meeting, which took place in Andorra. Representing Armenia was Maria Titizian of the ARF-Dashnaktsutyun and Vice President of the Socialist…
The Armenian police and a leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun have traded barbs over the contentious use of force against opposition activists trying to gather in a popular square in Yerevan. Vahan Hovannesyan, a member of the ARF-D Bureau and leader of its parliamentary faction, last week publicly challenged the official justification for the…
YEREVAN — The Socialist International Committee for the CIS, the Caucasus and the Black Sea met in Yerevan, Armenia, on June 11-12, with 32 participants representing 15 parties from 13 countries, as well as the Socialist International and the Party of European Socialists (PES). The committee meeting, the first ever in Yerevan, brought together representatives…
The Armenian parliament on Thursday passed in the second and final reading a controversial bill which local press freedom groups say will fail to end a strong government influence on the country’s broadcast media. The final version of the amendments to an Armenian law on television and radio contains the most important of the provisions…
The ARF-D 15th Supreme Assembly of Armenia was convened in Aghveran, 4-6 June 2010. The biennial Supreme Assembly was concluded following the election of the ARF-D Supreme Council of Armenia. The new executive body is composed of: 1. Hrach Tadevosyan 2. Armen Rustamyan 3. Michael Manukyan 4.Hayrapet Babayan 5. Simon Simonian 6. Arsen Hambardzumyan 7.…
The meeting of the Socialist International Committee on Economic Policy, Labour and National Resources was held in Moscow, on 4 June 2010. The meeting was hosted by A Just Russia Party and chaired by Christoph Zöpel (SPD, Germany), Chair of the Committee. The meeting’s agenda included a) Preparation of a draft resolution for the SI…
A delegation representing the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun (Armenian socialist party) attended the third congress of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, in the city of Suleimania, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. The ARF-D was represented by Bureau member Dr. Mikirdits Mikirditsian and ARF-D International Secretary Giro Manoyan. Attending the openings session of the congress,…
STEPANAKERT — More than 70 percent of eligible voters in the Mountainous (Nagorno)-Karabakh Republic flocked to the polls on May 23 to elect a new parliament—the fifth legislature since the declaration of independence. More than 124 international observers from 14 countries and around 30 reporters from international media were present for monitoring or covering the…
While campaigning for the upcoming parliamentary elections in the Republic of Mountainous (Nagorno) Karabakh (MKR), ARF-Dashnaktsutyun (ARF-D) leaders Armen Sargsyan and Vahram Balayan met with students and administration at the University of Artsakh. The leaders stated that ensuring the security of Nagorno Karabakh and the living conditions of its population are a priority for the…
Rusanne Arakelyan, a member of the ARF-D parliamentary faction has submitted a draft law to the National Assembly, which calls for amendments to the law about education, postgraduate education and undergraduate education. During a meeting with journalists, Ms. Arakelyan stated that her proposed draft law has received a positive opinion from the government, the corresponding…
